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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Aug 7
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.4375/bu+0.01−80–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.5075/bu+0.10−57–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.9050
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.2175/bu+0.09−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.5625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875/bu+0.14−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9392
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9875–9.2375/bu+0.09−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5492
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2575–9.3675/bu+0.09−68–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.8325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6200–3.7200/bu+0.11−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.7850/bu+0.10−20–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6250
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5200–3.7700/bu+0.06−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.7450/bu+0.03−12–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6458
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3700–3.6200/bu+0.06−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5550–3.6750/bu+0.05−29–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5492
Source: USDA AMS · Minneapolis, MN. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.